Carrot Puree

At four months, I talked to our doctor about starting Ellie on solids. She suggested we wait until 6 months before we feed her grains or cereals, but we could start on pureed fruit and vegetables at any time.

At the time I wanted to make all her baby food at home so the first thing I did was put a banana in our magic bullet. I mixed it with a little water to make it runny and excitedly started to feed Ellie with a spoon. It didn't go quite as planned. She wouldn't open her mouth and when I did get the food in, it all  came right back out.

Now almost 2 months later, Ellie still isn't the best eater. She will occasional open her mouth, and about half the food ends up on her face, but we are slowly improving. I do buy canned baby food, and I add a little spice to it. Which she enjoys. Below is a carrot puree I made that she really likes.

I peeled and cut all the carrots and added them to my steamer basket. They cooked over a pot of boiling water for 8 mins or until soft.

After the carrots were cooked I put them into our magic bullet with some of the cooking water and a little nutmeg for flavour and blended until smooth. I then added the leftover puree to ice cube trays. Once they were frozen I took them out of the trays and stored them in a freezer bag.

She started off eating one cube and dinner, but likes them so much she now eats two at night.